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The Poets Room

Current Digital Poet in Residence

David Tait lives in Nanjing, China, where he works as a teacher. His poems have been widely published in magazines and anthologies including Ambit, Magma, Poetry Review and The Rialto. He has won the Poetry Business book & Pamphlet Competition twice, in 2010 for his pamphlet Love's Loose Ends and in 2015 with Three Dragon Day.

This week’s writing exercise invites readers to write about the journey of a significant object or personal family heirloom, using Caroline Smith’s poem “Lime Tree Honey” as an inspiration or starting off point.